The hippocampus and dopaminergic midbrain: old couple, new insights.
Humans have a natural ability to gain new insights by generalizing from previous experience. In this issue of Neuron, Shohamy and Wagner reveal how generalizations naturally emerge during associative learning through a partnership between putatively dopaminergic circuitry in the midbrain and the hippocampus.
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Dharshan
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Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, London, UK.
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Emrah
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